The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10
StabS Alex Homes Seven Times,
then Attempts to Commit
Suicide.
THE WORST CRIME EYER COMMITTED
In SHIAWASSEE C0UNY.
Great EXitement--Th Scene Visited by
Hundreds Of People.

Iatc laSt FRIDAY night IL was learned
that an awful murder had been committed
in Middlebury township, and various re
ports and stories were soon in circulation.
Early Saturday morning II number from
| Owosso went to the scene of the crime
nine miles west and north of Owosso, and
three east and north of Ovid-in the town.
ship of Middlebury, a township noted for
its law.abiding citizens, fine farms, beauti-
full farm houses, etc. The view that met
the eye of the visitor was sickening one ;
the spots and pools of blood told fearful
tale.
The particulars of the tragedy, as learned
by TINES reporter, are as follows: The
farm where the tragedy occurred is owned
by Morris Holmes, of this city, whose pa
rents live on it with Alex Holmes. The
murdered woman, one of The Skutt fam
lily. has for the past year lived with Full
ton in log hut near Elsie as his wife.
Six weeks ago Holmes hired her to work as
domestic in his house. Fulton followed
her TO Holmes, and made his home at
VIM. Vests, ihree.quarters of "a mile
east Two weeks ago the couple were
married. Immediately after The marriage
Mrs. Fulton returned to the Holmes farm,
and Fulton was forbidden to come there.
Previous to this, however, feeling of
jealousy had been aroused on the part of
Fulton, and it is claimed that he had dis.
covered Holmes and his wife were too in
innate.
Last Friday night Fulton and his wife
and her eight-year.old boy Grove to Ovid,
where they did some trading, returning
between eight and nine o'clock to the
Holmes farm, where the bloody tragedy
occurred. Holmes statement of the af-
fair at the inquest. held by Justice South.
worth, is as follows:
II was in the house, and it was locked
when Fulton and the woman arrived. The
boy called for me 10 come out and unhar-
ness the horse, when Dan Fulton followed
me and wanted to know if he could stay
all night. told him No, and then lie
grabbed on to me and began to cut me. I
broke away from him as soon as could
and ran over TO Mr.. Hyde's. yelled
murder, and sat on Mr.. Hydes stoop when
Fulton ran by"
Holmes received seven fearful cuts
one in his throat, two in his breast, one
across his abdomen, partially disembowel-
ing him, one on his right arm, one On his
leg eleven inches long. and one oh his
thigh. Holmes made struggle to get
away, but could only do so after he had
received the wounds, and then he ran
north towards the barn and around the
house and across the road to Mr. Hyde's,
Fulton started after him, running to his
wife, who with the boy had been wit
nesses, caught her by her hair. threw back
her head and drew his knife across Der
throat from ear to ear, and stabbed her in
the left breast, causing almost immediate
DEATH Fulton again started for Holmes,
stopping only to tell the boy, who was
crying, ITO stop that damned noise or he
would Kill him." In the meantime Holmes
had staggered to Hyde's house and fell on
the porch, so weak from the loss of blood
that he could hardly move.
Fulton ran directly to Wm. Vests,
where he found Mrs. West alone, and to
her he confessed his crime and the reasons
he had for it, ending his story with the
declaration that he proposed at once to
put ar end to his own career. He pro
cured his razor and, in spite of Mrs.
Vests entreaties, insisted that suicide was
his purpose. Mr.. West arrived at this
juncture and Joined his wife in the argu-
ment, but Fulton maintained an unshaken
purpose. He moved away from the house
and West followed, hoping to thwart him.